KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt March 13, 2022 01:52:00
Want to be fully self-driving in the next couple of years >> reporter: he's head of engineering for trucking. >> now for a test drive. >> reporter: even today while humans like bob kratz are still technically behind the wheel - >> here we go. >> that acceleration that we're hearing, that's not bob that's the truck >> yep >> reporter: right now, google's self-driving company, weymo via, and others are using safety drivers like bob to supervise what are basically big rig robots if you look closely, you can see he's not always touching the wheel. instead, the semi can navigate by itself using a g...